OCALA, Fla. – February 28, 2021
In
Freedom of the Press in Small-Town America: My Opinions, Steve Hochstadt offers
readers a chance to be transported to the political and social climate of
Jacksonville, Illinois. During a 9-year career as an op-ed columnist for a
small-town newspaper in America’s heartland, Steve Hochstadt wrote about all
the key issues of 21st-century American life. From family holidays to police
brutality, climate science to fatherhood, partisan politics to economic
inequality, to racism and sexism and truth in politics, he covered it all. He
used weekly opinion columns to trace our country’s political history as well as
his own journey as a journalist-historian.
Holocaust
historian, child of a Jewish refugee, and admirer of Jackie Robinson, his
personal background gives him a unique perspective on political issues in this
country. He relies on history, careful logic, and real evidence to back his
personal opinions. The stories Hochstadt tells are both universal and
particular, constructed by observing America and the world from the vantage
point of Jacksonville and his own family history. His essays connect national
politics and daily life in small-town America. Hochstadt’s optimistic belief in
the power of liberal journalism transforms these essays into a message of hope
to all Americans.
Full
of compelling stories and clear writing, this is a book you won’t want to miss.
Author
Bio:
Steve
Hochstadt grew up on Long Island and earned a BA and PhD at Brown University.
He taught history at Bates College in Maine for 27 years and at Illinois
College in Jacksonville from 2006-2016. His early research measured migration
in Germany and his book, Mobility and Modernity: Migration in Germany,
1820-1989 won the Sharlin Prize of the Social Science History Association.
After that, the Holocaust became his focus and he wrote Sources of the
Holocaust, a document collection that is used across the country in Holocaust
courses. His grandparents escaped from Vienna to Shanghai in 1939, and two
books reveal the refugee experience: Exodus to Shanghai: Stories of Escape from
the Third Reich and Shanghai-Geschichten: Die jüdische Flucht Nach China. He
sits on the International Advisory Board of the Shanghai Jewish Refugees
Museum. In his free time he is a flower gardener and pancake maker.
Freedom
of the Press in Small-Town America: My Opinions will be available through
Amazon and all major book and e-book distributors.
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Author: Steve Hochstadt
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Inc.
1405 SW 6th Ave. Ocala, FL 34471
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-62023-820-2
E-book ISBN: 978-1-62023-821-9
Retail Price: $21.95
Publication Date: November 24, 2020
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